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Imbler starts off on the right foot, Cougars clip Sherman

 PASCO — Imbler picked up where it left off last season — winning.

The Panthers defeated Tri-Cities Preps 40-36 Friday in the season opener.

Imbler’s Dalton McDaniel picked off a Will Hoppes to end the game at Chiawana High School.

La Grande High School transfer Wesley Burgess burst onto the scene for Imbler. Burgess rushed for 296 yards on 30 carries, and scored four touchdowns.

Imbler will travel to Dufur Friday for a 7 p.m. kickoff.


Imbler 40, Tri-Cities Prep 36

Imbler    14    6    6    14    –    40

TC Prep    20    8    8    0    –    36

Scoring Summary

First Quarter

TC – Kevin Ratuiste 8 pass Will Hoppes (pass failed)

I – Wesley Burgess 25 run (run failed)

TC – Jameson Peterson 6 pass from Hoppes (pass failed)

I – Zach Phillips 9 run (Bryan Mills run)

TC – Antonio Ledesma 15 pass from Hoppes (Ledesma pass from Hoppes)

Second Quarter

I – Phillips 35 run (run failed)

TC – Ratuiste 1 run (Ledesma pass from Hoppes)

Third Quarter

I – Burgess 48 run (pass failed)

TC –Troy Redmann 2 pass from Hoppes (Ledesma pass from Hoppes)

Fourth Quarter

I – Burgess 34 run (pass failed)

I – Burgess 27 run (Mills run)

Individual statistics

RUSHING – I, Burgess 30-296, Phillips 7-73, Mills 10-23. TC, Ratuiste 4-13, Hoppes 10-1.

PASSING – I, Mills 5-12-0-73. TC, Hoppes 34-50-1-342.

RECEIVING – I, Burgess 3-43, Phillips 1-16, Dalton McDaniel 1-14. TC, Redmann 15-191, Ledesma 10-66, Ratuiste 6-64, Peterson 3-21.

Butte Falls 40,

Powder Valley 38

DUFUR — Powder Valley couldn’t hold off Butte Falls at the Dufur Classic Friday.

 Butte Falls tied the score with three minutes to play, capping a touchdown with Codey Myers’ two-point conversion pass to Harley Casillas.

Casillas ran for 123 yards and a touchdown on 17 carries and caught six passes for 120 yards and a touchdown.

Powder Valley’s Trent Dixon scored five touchdowns — two receiving, one rushing, one on a punt return and another on an interception return. He also had seven receptions for 173 yards.

Powder Valley will host Mohawk at 7 p.m. Friday.


Butte Falls 40, Powder Valley 38

Powder Valley    12    14    6    6    –    38

Butte Falls    12    14    6    8    –    40

Scoring Summary

First Quarter

BF — Casillas 75 run (pass failed)

PV — Dixon 59 run (run failed)

BF — Ellis 83 run (run failed)

PV — Wietz 11 run (run failed)

Second Quarter

BF — Ellis 8 run (McGonagle pass from Myers)

BF — McGonagle 6 pass from Myers (run failed)

PV — Dixon 41 pass from Kandle (Ficek pass from Kandle)

PV — Dixon 93 yard interception return (pass failed)

Third Quarter

PV — Dixon 28 pass from Kandle (pass failed)

BF — Casillas 75 pass from Myers (pass failed)

Fourth Quarter

PV — Dixon 80 yard kickoff return (pass failed)

BF — Gower 9 pass from Myers (Casillas pass from Myers)

Wallowa 44, Sherman 12

DUFUR — Wallowa didn’t have all the luck, playing in the only rain-riddled game at the Dufur Classic. But the Cougars did come out with a 44-12 win against Sherman.

Tyler Harshfield propelled the Wallowa offense. The senior quarterback rushed for 207 yards and three touchdowns. He also picked up 239 yards through the air on 9-of-19 passing.

Ronald Gladden hauled in five passes for 165 yards and two scores.

Back-up quarterback Dusty McDaniel made the most of his one rush, going 45 yards for a score to close out the game.

Wallowa will host St. Paul Friday at 2 p.m.


Wallowa 44, Sherman 12

Wallowa    14    8    0    22    –    44

Sherman    6    6    0    0    –    12

Individual statistics

RUSHING – Wallowa, Harshfield 17-207, Greene 3-14, Johnson 1-5, McDaniel 1-45.

PASSING – Wallowa, Harshfield 9-19-1-239.

RECEIVING – Wallowa, Waters 2-13, Greene 1-4, Johnson 1-17, Gladden 5-165.

 

Mohawk 98, Cove 32

 

DUFUR — It wasn’t the opening game Cove hoped for.

The Leopards fell to Mohawk 98-32 at the Dufur Classic Friday.

“We got a little star struck, head coach Todd Shirley said. “Playing a top-notch team, we didn’t know what to expect.

“We did some things right, but we also did some things wrong. As a coach you can only hope some of it was first-game nerves.”

Scott Delcurto scored three touchdowns on the day. Two of his 19 rushing attempts ended in the endzone, and he tallied 72 yards on the ground.

Cove quarterback Jered Witty connected with DelCurto on a 40-yard touchdown pass in the second quarter.

Delcurto finished with 82 yards receiving on three catches.

The Leopards will host Echo at 7 p.m. Friday.


Mohawk 98, Cove 32

Cove    8    16    8    0    –    32

Mohawk    24    30    14    30    –    98

 First Quarter

Mo – D Tuyls 35 run, Wilkins run good

Mo – D Tuyls 14 run, Tuyls run good

Co – DelCurto 6 run, Witty run good

Mo – Wilkins 1 run, Tuyls run good

Second Quarter

CO – DelCurto 2 run, DelCurto run good

Mo – York 33 pass from Wilkins, run failed

CO – DelCurto 40 pass from Witty, Witty run good

Mo – Wilkins 1 run, Wallace run good

Mo – Wilkins 27 run, Tuyls run good

Mo – Wallace 13 run, Tuyls run good

Third Quarter Summary:

Mo – Tuyls 7 run, Tuyls run good

Mo – Chaney 51 fumble recovery return, pass failed

Co – Gilstrap 5 run, Gilstrap run good

Fourth Quarter

Mo – Vian 13 run, Thompson run good

Mo – Thompson 22 run, Berry run good

Mo – Traxtle 22 run, Thompson run good

Mo – Thompson 33 fumble recovery return, run failed

Individual statistics

RUSHING – Cove, Gilstrap 4-24, DelCurto 19-71, Witty 7-2, Doren 5-6, Knight 4-16.

PASSING – Cove, Witty 6-16-0-153, Doren 0-1-0-0.

RECEIVING – Cove 2-33, Brown 1-36, DelCurto 3-84.

 

 
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